In a special called work session Tuesday evening, Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch told the City Council about his conversation Monday with MTAS Executive Director Jim Thomas regarding the review of the Oak Ridge Police Department by MTAS.

The revelation last month that a CIA drone strike in Pakistan had killed an American hostage has reawakened a long-running debate on whether the intelligence agency should be in the drone business at all, or if such lethal strikes are best left to...